Working on the Gulf Coast means the annual preparation for the possibility of a hurricane hitting your home or business. For employers, this means preparing a contingency plan for a disaster, and taking proactive measures to address not only the…
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Hurricane Season Brings HR Issues
Tagged with: exempt, human resources, hurricane, non-exempt
Posted in Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Posted in Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
USCIS Provides Guidance on I-9 Completion for Remote Hires
By Nelsy C. Gomez – With the existing stringent rules regarding the proper and timely completion of the I-9 form, many employers still find themselves wrestling with the issue of what to do with employees who are hired and work…
Tagged with: I-9, immigration, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS
Posted in Federal Government, Immigration, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Posted in Federal Government, Immigration, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
IRS Says It Will Penalize Employers Dumping Employees into Obamacare
Before the ink on the Affordable Care Act was dry, prudent employers were analyzing the law to identify ways to save money and avoid many of the punitive aspects of the law. One question which has repeatedly been asked of…
Tagged with: ACA, Healthcare, IRS, Obamacare
Posted in Federal Government, Healthcare Reform, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Posted in Federal Government, Healthcare Reform, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Can an Employee Accept a Severance Payment and Still File a Discrimination Claim?
According to the EEOC, the answer to that question is not only “Yes,” but that any severance agreement which limits the employee’s right to file a charge of discrimination is unenforceable and illegal. This week, the EEOC filed suit against…
New Texas Supreme Court Case Helps/Hurts At-Will Status
On April 25, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court issued a decision in the Sawyer, et al. v. Du Pont case, which can be found here. The case involved questions from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the scope of…
President Obama Targets Equal Pay
On April 8, President Obama issued two executive orders which will impact employers who do business with the federal government. First, the President made it unlawful for contractors to retaliate against employees who discuss their pay. Second, the President ordered the…
Tagged with: Department of Labor, DOL, NLRB
Posted in Discrimination, Federal Government, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Posted in Discrimination, Federal Government, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
NLRB Rules that College Football Players Can Unionize
Under the Obama administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has taken some radical positions, but its newest decision makes clear that all bets are off in the second term. The Regional Director of the NLRB office in Chicago ruled…
Cozen O’Connor Presents Wage and Hour Seminar
With all of the recent news surrounding the President’s efforts to overhaul the nation’s overtime laws, it is more important than ever to ensure that your business is complying with all state and federal wage and hour laws. I will…
Tagged with: Administrative Exemption, Department of Labor, DOL, overtime, salary exemption
Posted in Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Posted in Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Cozen Issues Alert on Effort to Update Overtime Rules
Cozen O’Connor has issued an alert regarding the recently announced plan to overhaul the overtime rules, including the salary exemption threshold. This is an important development that will affect all employers, and the full text can be found here. About…
Tagged with: Department of Labor, DOL, overtime, salary exemption
Posted in Federal Government, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Posted in Federal Government, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Obama Administration to Rewrite Overtime Rules
This week, the Obama administration announced that it will revise the regulations governing the white collar overtime exemptions. The Department of Labor has not announced all of the changes it is looking to make, but one area up for review…
Tagged with: Administrative Exemption, Department of Labor, DOL
Posted in Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Posted in Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
